15th March 2017, 10:31 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
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Originally Posted by HPsauce
Photos might help, but if I understand you correctly your standard mirror has a single plug (how many connections?) but the new auto-dimming one has two plugs, the extra being small with 6 wires?
As I mentioned long ago (actually in the thread you linked to) the auto-dim interior mirror only really needs power and earth. Power from a "lights on" circuit would be ideal and you probably have that available already if you can identify it. And earth should be simple.
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Correct. The single plug has four connections and plugs into the reading lamp section. I'm opting to go the non-OEM way and just go with the + and - wires.
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